EARLY PRELIMS Trevin Jones def Mario Bautista via Knockout, Round 2 (0:47) Tentative start to the card as Bautista and Jones trade leg kicks and feints to feel each other out for the first minute or so of the bout. Bautista pushes forward with a flurry that Jones avoids and the two clinch up, with […]
The biggest and best card of 2021 is finally upon as as a title fight triple header takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Petr Yan will defend his bantamweight title against Aljamain Sterling in potentially the best 135lbs title fight ever, before Amanda Nunes returns to the octagon to fight Megan Anderson […]
The women’s G.O.A.T is back once again to defend one of her two UFC titles at UFC 259 as Amanda Nunes steps into the octagon to take on Megan Anderson. The Brazilian last fought back at UFC 250 in June 2020, where she demolished Felicia Spencer to a unanimous decision win. It was her first […]
As 2020 comes to an end, the UFC hasn’t seen much of a change at the top of each of its pyramids this year. Weili Zhang, Valentina Shevchenko and Amanda Nunes all successfully defended their women’s strawweight, flyweight and featherweight championships while the bantamweight title went undefended. Zhang went toe-to-toe with former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk […]
UFC 256 has been given a complete reshuffle from it’s scheduled main events as Petr Yan has withdrawn from his bantamweight title defence against Aljamain Sterling. The December PPV was originally scheduled to be headlined by two title fights, with Kamaru Usman defending his welterweight title against Gilbert Burns while Amanda Nunes was due to […]
UFC 255 is due to be the biggest card in flyweight history, as both champions defend their belts on the same card for the first time ever. As Deiveson Figueiredo looks to begin his reign of terror against Alex Perez, Valentina Shevchenko looks to make it four successful title defences against Jennifer Maia. ‘Bullet’ is […]
Amanda Nunes has withdrawn from her featherweight title defence against Megan Anderson at UFC 256. The Brazilian was due to defend her featherweight title for a third time in December, following her win over Felicia Spencer at UFC 250. The reasons for her withdrawal are unknown currently. Nunes is currently the bantamweight and featherweight champion […]
After going all of 2020 without a womens bantamweight title defence, the UFC are finally setting up the division to move forward. Amanda Nunes’ victory over Germaine de Randamie in December 2019 was the last time we saw the 135lbs belt defended, with the Brazilian earning a decision win by using her ground game to […]
The UFC have settled on main events for all their pay-per-view cards through 2020 and into January 2021 according to president Dana White. With UFC 253 headlined by Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa for the middleweight title and Dominick Reyes vs Jan Blachowicz for the vacant light heavyweight title, UFC 254 is set to be […]
Conor McGregor, pre his third retirement in four years, started up a very interesting debate recently. The Notorious one headed to Twitter to vocalise his thoughts on the ‘GOAT’ arguments that have been taking over social media recently. Conor, the first ever simultaneous two-weight World Champion in UFC history, ranked himself as “2nd if not […]
